diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager.bb b/common/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager.bb
index 06a8006..f13805e 100644
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager.bb
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager.bb
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     virtual-obmc-image-manager \
 "
 
-FILES_${PN}-version += "${sbindir}/phosphor-version-software-manager"
+FILES_${PN}-version += "${sbindir}/phosphor-version-software-manager ${exec_prefix}/lib/tmpfiles.d/software.conf"
 FILES_${PN}-download-mgr += "${sbindir}/phosphor-download-manager"
 FILES_${PN}-updater += " \
     ${sbindir}/phosphor-image-updater \
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@
 
 SRC_URI += "file://obmc-flash-bmc"
 SRC_URI += "file://synclist"
+SRC_URI += "file://software.conf"
+
 do_install_append() {
     install -d ${D}${sbindir}
     install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/obmc-flash-bmc ${D}${sbindir}/obmc-flash-bmc
@@ -114,6 +116,15 @@
         install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}
         install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/synclist ${D}${sysconfdir}/synclist
     fi
+
+    # /tmp/images is the software image upload directory.
+    # It should not be deleted since it is watched by the Image Manager
+    # for new images.
+
+    if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','true', 'false', d)}; then
+        install -d ${D}${exec_prefix}/lib/tmpfiles.d
+        install -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/software.conf ${D}${exec_prefix}/lib/tmpfiles.d/
+    fi
 }
 
 SRC_URI += "git://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-bmc-code-mgmt"